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This thought has been with me for awhile. I have shared it with a few close friends. I figure I should put it out publicly. I haven't se...

Meditation.  A means of "transforming the mind." It is probably the most important practice I've ever come across.  And I have...

We've been watching the Showtime series, "The Affair." As my Mom says, "It's soapy!" It's not bad, mildly d...

I do have experience, real-world experience, with people like The Short Fingered Vulgarian . Yes, he does represent a "type." Cl...

Resilience.  We all need more of it. To bounce back into shape after something bad happens. You will be bent, pressed, stretched,  folded, s...

Unless I'm missing something, what happens, happens, and can't be un -happened. This becomes obvious pretty early on, and grows more...

It takes an astrophysicist to remind you that you are just stardust. In the grand picture, you are distantly related to those bright, burnin...

"I vant to be alone." - Greta Garbo "Life is people." - Bill Fay "Hell is other people." - Jean Paul Sart...

Okay. You are worried you are becoming obsessed with The Short-Fingered Vulgarian. This isn't a pleasant thought. You'd prefer not t...

Maybe the attention, the fascination, the hubbub can be explained: The uncanny ability of one human being to be simultaneously horrifying an...

Another great article from Vox... "contested convention!" And what's the verdict?! Just like that old song tells it: "I...

Maybe it's not so surprising that a good portion of the GOP has fallen for the obvious Con Man. Vulgar? Yes! Brazenly lying? Yes! Over-p...

It's not often, once in awhile, there's a news story that makes you happy: A kid is found safe, a lost dog is reunited with it's...

Time to pare back. Time to clean house. Time to cut things to the bone. Time to identify the useless, the dysfunctional, the old, the obsole...

You realize so much of our media culture, our social media, cable TV, radio, etc. is geared to hype the panic. Panic sells. Panic is interes...

Panic. Panic at the Disco. And Panic everywhere else too.  I had to talk down a friend last night. Yes, it looks like the Short-Fingered V...

In college I started out as an English Major, but then I came up against the Forsythe Saga, and decided, I had enough, I did not want to spe...

I suppose it's not surprising that people will do anything to get elected to higher office. And it's not surprising that folks will ...

Yes, I do think "The Short-Fingered Vulgarian" lit the match! Intentionally. He is whipping up the crowds, using their emotion - ...

If you read the great Vox article on "authoritarianism," (see previous post) , you know that issues of "law and order" a...